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Concentration Cells

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A concentration cell generates a potential from a concentration difference; the same half-reaction at both electrodes makes E°cell zero, so Ecell comes entirely from Q.

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Two silver electrodes in silver nitrate solutions of different concentrations generate a small potential.

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Looking up the electrode's tabulated reduction potential and reporting it as the cell potential ignores that Ecell comes entirely from Q.

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